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But Pratap and others realize that internal memos and precedents can only go so far. They say that this year's council may have to sacrifice some of its own ambitious goals just to guarantee that tangible benefits are garnered and visible to undergraduates. With greater satisfaction outside the chambers...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: High Hopes and Birth Pains | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

Pennsylvania (7-3 overall, 5-2 in Ivies last year): Last year the Quakers rebounded from a 1-9 season in 1981 to tie for their first Ivy championship since 1959, and they have no intention of returning to the familiar confines of the Ivy cellar. Quarterback Gary Vura and...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Ivy Wreath is Up for Grabs | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

Once an agreement was reached in March, the negotiators began lobbying local Chambers of Commerce, county commissioners, and ranchers who graze cattle on the strip. In Washington, the measure has strong bipartisan support and is expected to pass both the Senate and the House in this session. One index of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strip Poker | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

Court trials, for example, still upset the Japanese sense of privacy and are considered public embarrassments. They also aggravate a deeply ingrained reluctance to assess good and evil in others. Kawashima notes that unlike most Westerners, the Japanese find that "there is no tension posed between what ought to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Land Without Lawyers | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

Nebraska employed the Rev. Robert Palmer, a Presbyterian minister, to say an opening prayer at its state assembly sessions from 1965 to 1981. Four years ago, Ernest Chambers, a member of the state's unicameral legislature, went to court, arguing that the practice had the effect of establishing a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Turning the Sexual Tables | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

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